State Emergency Service of Ukraine

State Emergency Service
Державна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій
Emblem of the State Emergency Service
Flag of the State Emergency Service

Headquarters building, Kyiv
Agency overview
Formed1991
Preceding agencies
  • State Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic government in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe
  • Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine
    *Ministry of Ukraine in Emergencies and Affairs in Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters55, Honchar St, Kyiv[1]
Employees~60,000 in peace time
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs
Key document
  • Regulation on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine[6] (Ukrainian: Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій, romanizedDerzhavna sluzhba Ukrainy z nadzvychainykh sytuatsii), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України, romanizedMinisterstvo nadzvychainykh sytuatsii Ukrainy) is the main executive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of civil defence, rescue, creating and managing the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response, liquidation in the aftermath, and the Chernobyl catastrophe. They represent Ukraine's sole fire & rescue service.

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України]. It also directly administers the zone of alienation located just north of Kyiv.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." (Ukrainian: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти)

  1. ^ "Official website". Mar 2017.
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) National deputies voted for the new head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ukrainska Pravda (7 February 2023)
  3. ^ Положення про Державну службу України з надзвичайних ситуацій, затв. Постановою КМ № 1052 (in Ukrainian).
  4. ^ Interior minister's advisor Shkiriak appointed as acting head of Emergency Service – MP Heraschenko, Interfax-Ukraine (25.03.2015)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Andrii Danyk7417057 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)